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Midterm Mania (Yes, Still)

Posted: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:02 AM by Huma Zaidi
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In Louisiana’s run off between embattled incumbent Rep. William Jefferson (D) -- he of the $90,000 in his freezer fame -- and challenger Karen Carter (D), Jefferson is up with a TV ad declaring: "I have never taken a bribe from anyone. This is an desperate attempt by an ambitious young woman [Carter], who won't debate me on her codependent relationship with the insurance industry.”

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